Chapter 95: Acceptance

Time flies like an arrow, days and months pass like a shuttle. While it feels like just one day in the mountains, a thousand years have passed in the world. And yet, another month has gone by.
During this month, Liu Yunzhi has completely settled down. He is no longer in a hurry or slow-paced, just like Li Ruoyu, an elderly man. He does what needs to be done every day, fully integrating with Zhuofeng. Please note: The translation might not capture the true essence and cultural references of the original Chinese text.
One day, when he got up early to visit Li Ruoyu, he noticed a middle-aged man next to him.
Dressed in loose robes with long hair flowing down, he exuded an air of power and authority, clearly someone who had been in high positions for a long time.
"Wudao, come and meet the sect master," Li Ruoyu beckoned to Liu Yunzhi, smiling faintly.
"Wudao, meet the sect master," Liu Yunzhi stepped forward and saluted, not daring to be negligent. He felt that this person was very terrifying, with a deep and imposing gaze, definitely not simple.
"So, you are a warrior? Hmm, very good, very impressive. I was going to invite you to join the Starpeak, but now... Since you have already understood and mastered the natural Way of the Clumsy Peak, let's forget about it!"
After saying that, the Sect Master dropped an empty space bag to Liu Yunzhi, and floated away.
"In fact, on the day you joined our Foolish Peak, I had already anticipated all of this. If you couldn't comprehend the natural grand dao of Foolish Peak, I wouldn't be able to keep you. Fortunately, you did comprehend it. You are very intelligent."
Li Ruoyu is smiling happily at this moment, feeling that his teeth are showing two more points.
Liu Yunzhi understood it in his heart. Sure enough, Li Ruoyu purposely indulged him that time. It was also the same in the original work, giving the clumsy bow to Ye Fan on purpose, just to make it difficult for others to snatch disciples.
No dispute, just a fierce struggle, like the eyes cannot see clearly when the car wheels are spinning, it even seems like they have stopped spinning, or maybe it looks like they are reversing and retreating.
大巧若拙，大智若愚，刘云志对无为之道的感悟，有多了几分。
随后他将空间袋打开，印入眼帘的第一件物品是一个令牌，上面有亲传弟子的字样，背面写着拙峰武道，这令牌做工但是十分精美，紫光闪烁，像是一种奇特的美玉，是太玄门弟子进出山门的钥匙。
Of course, you can enter the mountain without passing through the gate. The token is just a proof of identity and sometimes necessary when the mountain protection formation is activated.
Liu Yunzhi couldn't help but feel a bit distressed. This token must have the mark left by the Tai Xuan Sect. If he always carries it with him, wouldn't it be like a cat wearing a bell? It would be obvious and bring unnecessary attention.
However, he doesn't plan to give up, or rather, he's not ready to give up yet. As the saying goes, high-end hunters often appear in the form of prey. The outcome of this hunt is still unknown, hehe.
Others, there is nothing particularly special, some medicinal materials, probably about five or six hundred years old, for small sects, can be called massive investment, and there are also dozens of source stones.
I remember in the original work, Ye Fan saved Ji Ziyue's life and the reward from the Ji family was only a piece of Origin Stone, but it was considered quite generous. Unfortunately, Liu Yunzhi doesn't really need these. But he is not the type to look down on things just because he doesn't lack Origin Stones at the moment.
Finally, there is a disciple's robe with mysterious patterns woven on it, shining with colorful starlight, unlike an ordinary robe.
The black silk doesn't seem like regular silk, but more like the legendary snow silk, extremely rare. Clothes made from it are very tough and minor damages can even be automatically repaired. These are common knowledge that Li Ruoyu had taught him. Before joining the Tai Xuan Sect, he didn't recognize it. He could only guess that it was extraordinary.
This Daoist robe is actually a magic tool, and its size fits him perfectly. It seems that he really put some thought into it.
Liu Yunzhi didn't fuss over it, he just changed into the clothes. Regardless of whether they looked good or not, it was still better than what he was currently wearing - a complete set of animal skins, making him look like a little wild man.
"In the future, perhaps we can use this tiger skin as a flag or something, but forget it, it's too mysterious for us. Frankly speaking, it's not bad to not deceive them, as they are decent people."
After freshening up, he changed into new clothes. As the saying goes, "A person relies on their clothing, and a horse relies on its saddle." Now he looks like a formal cultivator, with a touch of heroic aura.
"Until now, am I considered as an official member of the Tai Xuan Sect?" Liu Yunzhi laughed disdainfully, not taking it seriously. After all, the Tai Xuan Sect was ultimately too small and couldn't satisfy his ambitious aspirations!
On the next day, Liu Yunzhi continued to practice boxing. This time, as his shadow punches became faster and faster, he finally felt something different. He didn't feel more and more tired, but instead, he felt more and more comfortable.
There is a feeling that the whole world is cooperating with him while he punches. With one punch, there is a booming sound, unexpectedly creating a sonic boom. It seems that the air is no longer a resistance, but has become a propulsion, making his fist move faster, stronger, more urgent, and more fierce.
"This is the Natural Path? Can it really be used like this?" Liu Yunzhi stared at his fist, feeling a bit lost. At this moment, his thoughts were rushing like a spring.
Indeed, the Dao, the Dao, the Dao, it's incomprehensibly marvelous.
This time, he felt himself appearing again in that mysterious forest, but what was different this time was that what appeared before his eyes was no longer a small seedling.
Instead, it was a den of tiger cubs, in a mountain cave strewn with dry leaves. The mother tiger gave birth to three cubs, one of them larger and the other one very small, almost like a premature baby with underdeveloped features.
The mother tiger has just finished giving birth and is very weak. She walks unsteadily and cannot catch any prey without the help of a male tiger. She is carrying three cubs and can only eat leftover scraps from other animals and some rotten carcasses.
She was originally weak, and now she has given birth to three tiger cubs. They are hungry and she must go out to find food. She fights, hoping for a glimmer of hope, waiting, knowing that the whole family will perish.
However, she was already weak and prone to illness, and now she can't even catch prey. She can only go out and scavenge for the scraps of fur left by animals to sustain herself, barely surviving.
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed. The mother tiger's milk is running out, and the three tiger cubs are becoming emaciated, their bones protruding and their skin stretched tight. This litter of tigers is now facing a cruel choice.
Finally, Liu Yunzhi saw it. In the midst of the mother tiger being repeatedly suckled by her cubs, she left the tiger's den to go hunt.
The eldest of the three little tigers looked at the smallest one, who was barely breathing, revealing its sharp fangs, hunger prompting it to make a choice: to kill or not to kill.
Kill, this family able to get a chance to breathe, perhaps the tigress can have a full meal, capturing a prey. Without killing, maybe they won't have a future.
In the tiger's den, the second cub trembled in fear, hiding aside. In the end, after a pitiful scream of "squeal," the biggest tiger cub couldn't bear any longer and decisively killed the little cub, biting its throat until it suffocated.